Crash victim loved the outdoors

Corey Paul Woiteshek's love of the environment was so strong that he once made his father stop the car so he could retrieve a candy wrapper that had blown from the vehicle.

"He wasn't concerned about the material things in life," his mother, Phyllis Woiteshek, said. "He was always honest about recycling cans and paper and not littering. And we never could go outside with him without him pointing to various plants."

Corey Paul Woiteshek, 35, the son of Richard and Phyllis Woiteshek of Grand Haven Township, died Wednesday from injuries he received April 5 when his Jeep Cherokee skidded on a curve on Lake Hills Drive into the path of an oncoming a cement truck in Spring Lake Township.

In his memory, the Woiteshek family is planning to plant trees, erect a duck-nesting house near the car crash site and set up a special endowment for the Central Michigan University Biological Station on Beaver Island.

"The outdoors was the love of his life, Phyllis Woiteshek said. "He really enjoyed the outdoors and looked forward to tromping through the swamp. He would slosh through anything to hunt, even with water in his waders."

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